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【題目】 Mr Chen was puzzled（閑惑的）and a little suspicious（懷疑的）. He sat in the office and studied a letter apparently（明顯地）from Mrs Wang, the mother of one of the pupils in his class. There was something about it which worried him.

“I don't understand, ”he said to himself. He shook his head as he circled four mistakes in the letter. "Mrs Wang is an educated woman. She wouldn't make mistakes like these even if she did write the letter in a hurry. "Mr Chen took out his class register（名冊）and said to himself, “Yesterday was Thursday. Let me see. Ah, yes. I thought so. David was absent on Thursday last week and the week before. Hm. Why is he so often absent on Thursdays? Was he really ill yesterday? Could it be a coincidence（巧合）?”

Mr Chen stared at the register as if the answers to his questions were hidden in it somewhere. Then he took out a copy of the timetable（課程表）for his class.

"I wonder. . "he told to himself. "I wonder if his absence has anything to do with one of these lessons. "

Mr Chen looked at the subjects for Thursday: Mathematics, English, P. E. He thought about P. E. He knew that the pupils had P. E. twice a week: once on Monday, when they usually played games on the school field, and once on Thursday, when they did exercises in the gym.

Mr Chen glanced round the office to find Mr Long, the rather strict P. E. teacher, but he was not there.

"I'd better have a chat with Long and David, "Mr Chen thought.

The bell rang. "I can't do anything right now, "Mr Chen thought. "It's time to go to Class 2. I' ll do it later on. "

Mr Chen picked up his books and walked off to teach Class 2.

Later, on Friday, Mr Chen spoke to Mr Long, the P. E. teacher. Mr Long agreed that it seemed strange for David to be absent so often on gym days. They thought about it for a while.

“David is a good athlete（運動員）, ”Mr Long finally said, "but he's afraid of heights. I was hard on him once because he wouldn't climb more than a couple of metres up the rope. Do you think that's why he's been absent recently? ”

“Yes, I think so, "Mr Chen said. "I'm going to talk to him this afternoon before he goes home. "

"Well, I've got a suggestion to make, "said Mr Long. "If he's scared of heights, he'd better come and see me after school. Quite a few people suffer from（遭受）vertigo. I'll be glad to help him. ”

“That's very kind of you, "said Mr Chen. "I'll get him to come and see you on Monday or Tuesday. ”

【1】The letter was sent to Mr Chen because David on Thursday.

A. was ill at home

B. didn't go to school

C. was absent from P. E. class

【2】Mr Chen was puzzled by the letter because .

A. David's mother sent him the letter

B. he couldn't understand the letter

C. it didn't seem to be written by an educated adult

【3】Mr Chen got the idea that David's absence had something to do with PE after he ______ .

A. studied the timetable

B. studied the class register

C. talked with Mr Long

【4】The underlined word“ vertigo" means in the passage.

A. 身體疼痛B. 恐高眩暈C. 腸胃痙攣

【5】From the passage we know ____.

A. David didn't like P. E. classes

B. David didn't like Mr Long's being hard on him

C. David was afraid of heights

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述陳先生發(fā)現(xiàn)大衛(wèi)每個周四都請假不上學，他感到很不解。后來他發(fā)現(xiàn)原來是和體育課有關。陳先生找體育老師龍先生了解情況。原來龍先生對大衛(wèi)很嚴格，但是大衛(wèi)恐高，每次練習都出問題，所以大衛(wèi)害怕上體育課。龍先生知道這件事后，打算以后多多幫助大衛(wèi)。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)David was absent on Thursday last week and the week before. Hm. Why is he so often absent on Thursdays? Was he really ill yesterday? Could it be a coincidence（巧合）可知，大衛(wèi)上個星期四和上上個星期四都沒來。嗯。為什么他星期四總是缺席?他昨天真的病了嗎?可能這是一個巧合。根據(jù)后文可知，他不是真地生病了，而是怕上體育課。所以，大衛(wèi)沒有上學，故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“I don't understand, ”he said to himself. He shook his head as he circled four mistakes in the letter. "Mrs Wang is an educated woman. She wouldn't make mistakes like these even if she did write the letter in a hurry可知，陳先生不能理解，請假條里有四個錯誤，王女士是一個受過教育的女人，她不可能犯這樣的錯誤，所以他困惑的是這封信看起來不是一個受過教育的成年人寫的，故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"I wonder. . "he told to himself. "I wonder if his absence has anything to do with one of these lessons. " Mr Chen looked at the subjects for Thursday: Mathematics, English, P. E. He thought about P. E. He knew that the pupils had P. E. twice a week: once on Monday, when they usually played games on the school field, and once on Thursday, when they did exercises in the gym. Mr Chen glanced round the office to find Mr Long, the rather strict P. E. teacher, but he was not there可知，陳先生看了周四的課表，發(fā)現(xiàn)周四有一堂練習的體育課，每個周四大衛(wèi)都請假，所以表示陳先生看完課程表后感覺他請假是與體育課有關，故選A。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)If he's scared of heights, he'd better come and see me after school. Quite a few people suffer from（遭受）vertigo. I'll be glad to help him可知，如果他恐高，可以在放學后找我，許多人都恐高，我樂意為他提供幫助，所以可以推斷出vertigo譯為恐高眩暈，故選B。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)but he's afraid of heights. I was hard on him once because he wouldn't climb more than a couple of metres up the rope. Do you think that's why he's been absent recently以及If he's scared of heights, he'd better come and see me after school. Quite a few people suffer from（遭受）vertigo. I'll be glad to help him可知，大衛(wèi)恐高，在體育課上表現(xiàn)得不好，而且體育老師對他很嚴格，當體育老師得知這件事后，很樂意幫助他。所以可知得知，大衛(wèi)恐高，故選C。

解答詞義猜測題時，可以使用如下技巧：1、根據(jù)上下文來猜測詞義；2、通過同義詞或近義詞來猜測詞義；3、通過構(gòu)詞法來猜測詞義；4、通過定義或釋義來猜測詞義；5、通過句法功能來猜測詞義；6、通過轉(zhuǎn)折和因果關系來猜測詞義；7. 通過生活常識來猜測詞義。對于這類題采取“代入法”也非常有效，即將備選答案逐一代入文中，哪一個選項能使句子的意思通順、連貫，且與上下文的內(nèi)容一致，哪一個選項就是該題的正確答案。例如第4題。根據(jù)If he's scared of heights, he'd better come and see me after school. Quite a few people suffer from（遭受）vertigo. I'll be glad to help him可知，如果他恐高，可以在放學后找我，許多人都恐高，我樂意為他提供幫助，所以可以推斷出vertigo譯為恐高眩暈。